| name | blocked-filings-dashboard |
| model | claude-opus-4-6 |
| description | Generate a partner-shareable HTML dashboard of blocked tax filings for a quarter, using the Check MCP filings API. Shows an expected filing success rate, what-if projections per blocker, KPI cards, charts, and a sortable/filterable table of every blocked filing with its blocker reasons. Use this skill when someone asks for a blocked filings dashboard, a filing blocker report, a quarterly blockers summary, or wants to see which filings are blocked and why for a partner.
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Blocked Filings Dashboard
This skill builds a self-contained HTML dashboard of a partner's blocked tax filings
for a given quarter. It pulls live data through the Check MCP filings API and writes a
partner-shareable report to the Desktop.
The Check MCP API key is already scoped to a single partner, so there is no partner
name or UUID to look up — every filing the API returns belongs to that partner.
What this dashboard does and does not show
The public filings API exposes each filing's status and blocked_reasons, but not
operator-written issue notes or the internal/external issue split. Accordingly this
dashboard:
- Has no "Notes" column (the API does not return operator notes).
- Shows all blocker reasons the API reports — there is no internal-issue filtering to
apply, because the API only returns externally-visible blockers.
Mention these omissions briefly when you present the report so the audience knows it is
API-sourced.
Step 0: Parse Inputs
Collect a quarter and year (e.g. "Q2 2026" or q2 2026). If not provided, ask.
Derive:
period — the quarter lowercased: q1, q2, q3, or q4 (the period filter value
the API expects).period_start / period_end — the calendar bounds of the quarter, used for labels and
the "First QE" window:
- Q1 = Jan 1 – Mar 31, Q2 = Apr 1 – Jun 30, Q3 = Jul 1 – Sep 30, Q4 = Oct 1 – Dec 31.
year — integer (e.g. 2026).
Step 1: Pull Blocked Filings
Fetch every blocked filing for the quarter:
run_tool: list_filings { "status": "blocked", "year": <year>, "period": "<period>", "limit": 500 }
Paginate: if the response has a non-null next_cursor, repeat with
"cursor": "<next_cursor>" until it is null. Accumulate all results.
Each filing record includes id, company (a com_... company ID), status,
blocked_reasons (an array of blocker reason strings), period, year, and name.
If zero blocked filings are returned, tell the user there are none for that quarter and
stop.
Step 2: Pull Status Counts for the Success-Rate Denominator
To compute the success rate you need the total applicable filing count, not just the
blocked ones. Sweep all filings for the quarter and bucket by status:
run_tool: list_filings { "year": <year>, "period": "<period>", "limit": 500 }
Paginate as in Step 1. Then count filings per status.
total_applicable = count of all filings whose status is not inapplicable.- Statuses you may see:
pending, blocked, submitted, filed, inapplicable.
If this sweep returns a large number of filings, give the user a progress note while
paginating.
Step 3: Enrich Companies (legal name + First QE)
Collect the unique company IDs from the blocked filings. For each one, fetch the
company to get its legal name and start date:
run_tool: get_company { "company_id": "<com_...>" }
Use get_company (not list_companies) — the company list view omits start_date.
Read legal_name and start_date. A company is First QE (this is their first
quarter-end on Check) when start_date falls within [period_start, period_end].
Cache results by company ID so you only fetch each company once. Give progress updates for
large sets (e.g. "Fetched company details 12/40...").
Step 4: Build the HTML Dashboard
Write a Python script that generates one self-contained HTML file and saves it to
~/Desktop/<partner_slug>_<period>_<year>_blocked_filings_report.html, then open it with
open. There is no partner name input — derive <partner_slug> from the data (e.g. the
most common company name root) or use partner; let the user override the filename.
Dashboard specifications
Title: "<Q#> Blocked Filings"
Subtitle: "<Q#> period <period_start> to <period_end> · Snapshot as of {today's date} ·
First QE = company start date <period_start> – <period_end> (this is their first
quarter-end on Check)"
Theme: Light:
- Background
#f7f8fa, Cards #fff, Border #e5e7eb, Text #1c2024, Muted #6b7280
- Font: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, sans-serif
Hero — Expected Filing Success Rate (top of page, above KPI cards):
- Large percentage =
1 - (blocked_count / total_applicable), one decimal place.
- Label: "Expected Filing Success Rate"
- Subtitle: "Based on {blocked_count} blocked out of {total_applicable} applicable filings"
- 48px bold percentage, 16px label/subtitle, centered, accent color by rate:
- ≥ 95%: green
#16a34a · 90–94.9%: #65a30d · 80–89.9%: amber #d97706 · < 80%: red #dc2626
What-If Projections (below the hero, above KPI cards): for each blocker reason present,
compute the success rate if all filings whose sole blocker is that reason were
unblocked. A filing with multiple blockers stays blocked (conservative projection). Render
as a flex-wrap row of ~180px cards sorted by highest projected rate first, each showing:
- Human-readable blocker name (e.g. "Applied-for Tax ID")
- Projected rate (e.g. "→ 93.1%")
- Count of blocked filings with that reason (e.g. "42 filings")
- Colored left border using the blocker color below.
KPI Cards (5):
- <Q#> Applicable Filings —
total_applicable
- Blocked — count from Step 1
- Companies Affected — unique company count from Step 1
- First QE — Blocked — blocked filings where the company is First QE (with company count + block rate in a context line)
- Not First QE — Blocked — the complement (with company count + block rate)
Charts (side by side, Chart.js 4.4.0 from CDN):
- Left: "Blocker reasons" — vertical stacked bar, split First QE (teal
#0d9488) vs Not First QE (blue #1976d2).
- Right: "Most affected companies" — horizontal bar, top 15 companies, colored by First QE (teal) vs Not (blue).
Blocker colors:
applied_for_tax_id: #ff6f61
invalid_tax_id: #c62828
tpa_failure: #8e24aa
inactive_account: #5e35b1
already_filed: #fdd835
not_liable: #7cb342
filing_configuration_incomplete: #546e7a
awaiting_tax_funds: #00695c
incorrect_account_setup: #fb8c00
company_bad_standing: #3949ab
missing_tax_funds: #ef6c00
invalid_ssn: #6d4c41
correction_needed: #8d6e63
missing_historical_data: #795548
held_by_customer: #a1887f
poa_failure: #d84315
For any blocker reason not in this map, fall back to a neutral gray (#6b7280).
Table: "<Q#> Blocked Filings" with a row-count badge. Columns (no Status column —
every row is blocked):
- Company (
legal_name, sortable)
- Company ID (
company, monospace, sortable)
- Filing (
name, sortable)
- Blocker Reasons (tags colored from the palette, clickable to set the blocker filter)
- First QE (green "First QE" tag when true, sortable)
- Start Date (
start_date, sortable)
Blocker tag styling: solid background at 15% opacity of the blocker color.
Filters (one line):
- Search input — searches company name, company ID, and filing name.
- Blocker reason dropdown — single-select, default "All blocker reasons", no counts.
- First QE dropdown — "All companies" / "First QE only" / "Not First QE only", no counts.
Features:
- All columns sortable by clicking headers.
- CSV export of the filtered rows: Company, Company ID, Filing, Blocker Reasons, Blocker Count, First QE, Start Date.
- Blocker tags have hover tooltips (descriptions below) and click to set the blocker filter.
- Footer: "<Q#> Blocked Filings — Snapshot {date} · Sourced from the Check filings API"
Blocker tooltip descriptions:
applied_for_tax_id: "Company has applied for a tax ID with the agency but has not received it yet. Filing will proceed once the ID is issued."
invalid_tax_id: "The tax ID on file was rejected by the agency or does not match their records."
tpa_failure: "Third-party authorization was rejected or has expired. A new authorization needs to be submitted to the agency."
already_filed: "This filing appears to have already been submitted, possibly filed directly with the agency."
filing_configuration_incomplete: "Setup for this filing type is not yet complete."
inactive_account: "Tax account appears to be inactive with the agency."
not_liable: "Company does not appear to be liable for this tax in this jurisdiction."
company_bad_standing: "Account is not in good standing with the tax agency."
awaiting_tax_funds: "Waiting for sufficient funds to be available."
incorrect_account_setup: "Configuration issue with this account that needs correction."
held_by_customer: "A hold has been placed on this filing at the customer's request."
missing_tax_funds: "Insufficient tax funds available for this filing period."
invalid_ssn: "An employee SSN issue is preventing this filing."
correction_needed: "Filing data needs a correction before submission."
missing_historical_data: "Prior period data needed but currently unavailable."
poa_failure: "Power of Attorney not accepted or rejected by the agency."
Step 5: Output
Save the HTML to ~/Desktop/<partner_slug>_<period>_<year>_blocked_filings_report.html,
open it, and report the total blocked filings count and number of companies affected.
Remind the user this is sourced from the filings API and therefore omits operator notes.
Error Handling
- API error envelopes: list/get tools may return
{"error": true, "status_code": ..., "detail": ...}. Surface the detail, skip the affected record, and continue; note any
companies whose details could not be fetched.
- Pagination: always follow
next_cursor until null on both list sweeps.
- No blocked filings: report that the quarter is clean and stop before building HTML.
- Missing company fields: if
start_date is absent for a company, treat it as Not
First QE and note it.
